Foundation News

Youth Program Receives Donation

CHARLES E. WOOD HAD DIVERSE AND WIDE-RANGING PHILANTHROPIC

INTERESTS, according to his son, Stephen Wood. One of those was the Foundation's Youth Education programs to which he bequeathed $100,000. The program supports youth art education such as Magic Bus, bringing students to the Museum and Museum art education to students.

Wood passed away in January 2022. A proud Albuquerquean, Wood was a supporter and patron of the arts. “My mom and dad were symphony members, loved art, and loved exhibitions about architecture in particular,” Stephen says. Over the years, his father had given money to the Magic Bus program. He thought it was a unique opportunity for children to experience everything that the Museum has to offer.

“New Mexico is so spread out and young people don’t have access. He thought it was really cool that it would connect young kids to art. He had a real desire to reach out and touch young minds and have a chance to have a dramatic impact.”

Left to right: Craig and Carol Levy, Sandra and Arnold Farley

MEMBERS SPEAK!

“WE ENJOYED A LOVELY MORNING WITH FRIENDS

at the Albuquerque Museum. We compared our reactions to the Wit, Humor and Satire exhibit; had fun finding our homes on the giant “floor map” in the Only in Albuquerque Gallery; and finished off with a little (too much) shopping at the wonderful Museum Shop, which always has some great finds. Our friends decided to join the Museum and did a little more shopping to take advantage of their member discount. Our fun morning concluded with a delightful chat with Mary Beth, the Museum’s Member Engagement Manager, who gifted us a coffee mug decorated with a copy of Sarape/Saltillo Blanket to celebrate our friends joining the Museum. A great morning indeed.” —Carol Levy

Five Member Favorites

SOMETIMES MEMBERS FORGET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR MEMBER

BENEFITS. As we approach the holiday season, here are five reasons to be a member and visit the Museum.

Unique, Authentic, Local

The Museum Store offers Double Discount Days, the first weekend in December, where members get 20% off store items. The store has unique pieces for the home, jewelry for all tastes, clothing, local food items, even books and fashionable reading glasses. Members receive a 10% discount all year-round.

Members See it First

Member preview openings occur the day before the exhibition opens to the public and are more intimate, less crowded and typically a curator or museum director is on hand.

Members and Friends

Guest passes provide a great opportunity to introduce friends and family to the Museum. This fall and winter as you welcome visitors for Balloon Fiesta or the holiday season, add the Museum to your touring agenda. Passes are an added benefit to the Friend level and above.

Learn Something New

The Museum’s well-trained docents provide walking tours of Old Town, the Sculpture Garden, Casa San Ysidro and the galleries. You may have visited the Museum many times, but a guided tour provides a new perspective.

Feel-Good Feels

Benefits, yes, but it is also the emotional connection to an organization (and community) that plays an important role in bringing art and history to Albuquerque.

IN MEMORY OF BETTY BLACKWELL Bennie Blackwell

IN MEMORY OF GRANDMA, JULIE MYERS

Theo Myers MEMORIALS AND TRIBUTES

IN MEMORY OF RAYMOND PEÑA Therese Peña Anonymous

IN MEMORY OF ROBERT "BOB" PETERS

Contemporary Arts Society

IN MEMORY OF TOM SLANEY

Deb Slaney and James Iwerks

IN HONOR OF DOUG BARRETT UNMH Child Neurology

IN HONOR OF TERI AND PAUL NEVILLE Rebecca Drechsel

THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION CELEBRATED THE REPATRIATION OF A DOZEN

ANCIENT SCULPTURES in a ceremony on July 27, 2022. The local Consulate of Mexico accepted Olmec greenstone sculptures, a figure from the city of Zacatecas, bowls that were buried with tombs and other clay figurines that date back thousands of years. “We appreciate and recognize actions taken by the Albuquerque Museum Foundation to voluntarily return these archaeological pieces back to the Mexican nation,” said Consul of México Norma Ang Sánchez. “They are important elements of memory and identity for our native communities, and we are pleased they will be recovered.”

Pictured: Consul of México Norma Ang Sánchez with Albuquerque Museum Foundation President and CEO Andrew Rodgers

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM AND ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION VOLUNTEERS WERE

HONORED at the annual Volunteer Recognition Breakfast on June 26, 2022.

Top Center: Renata Manz and Alan Weitzel. Top Right: Nancy Lindas and Sara Sternberger. Bottom: Dean Sherer, Lynn Ribble, Renata Manz, Kathleen Metzger, Steve Pettit, and Sharon Wright. Photos: Nora Vanesky

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION P.O. BOX 7006 ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87194

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Front Cover Thomas Cole, Study for The Cross and the World—The Pilgrim of the World on his Journey, 1846-47, oil on canvas, 12 × 18 in. (Framed; 16 ½ x 22 ½ in.), Albany Institute of History & Art Purchase, 1943.82

COMING SOON TO THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM

DANNY LYON: JOURNEY WEST

March 11–August 27, 2023

Photographer Danny Lyon became internationally known and celebrated through his photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, the Chicago Outlaw Motorcycle Club, and the Texas prison system. Capturing the energy of an era of revolution, Lyon documented major figures such as John Lewis and Muhammed Ali, while also photographing and getting to know people who are largely overlooked—undocumented workers, incarcerated people, children playing in the ditches of Bernalillo. Danny Lyon: Journey West features a selection of 175 photographs, films, and montages spanning his 60-year career. Throughout most of that career, Lyon has been a resident of Bernalillo, creating sensitive portraits of his family, friends, and neighbors. Lyon’s work is considered a force in defining the role of photography in art.

Danny Lyon, Crossing the Ohio River, Louisville, Kentucky, 1966, gelatin silver print on paper from Nikon F 35mm negative, image courtesy of the artist, © 2022 Danny Lyon